made by a bigger rocket (which also helped the small satellite get off the ground). Once it was done, LCROSS would also crash itself the surface of the moon, creating another plume of dust, this one about a third the size of the first one. Not something you'd...

hitch. The moon bombing itself was actually pretty uneventful with viewers around the globe not seeing much of anything. However, the mission was a success and NASA did manage to create a big enough plume of smoke for LCROSS to analyze. This past weekend, the...

be analyzed by LCROSS for water and ice. Once its analytical duties have been fulfilled, LCROSS will also crash into the moon, creating a cloud about one third the size of the first plume. As if that wasn't badass enough, here are some fun numbers to make...